7. Sex Ratio in Vertebrates

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Selection Thinking 1
5. 2. Introduction to Sex Allocation 7
6. 3. Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations 21
7. 4. Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies—Spatial and Physiological Correlates 37
8. 5. Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations 67
9. 6. Sex Ratio in Age-Structured Populations 93
10. 7. Sex Ratio in Vertebrates 104
11. 8. Conflict Situations for the Sex Ratio 121
12. 9. Basic Stable Age Theory for Sex Reversal 131
13. 10. Sex Reversal in shrimp 142
14. 11. Sex Reversal in Labroid Fishes 161
15. 12. Sex Reversal in Some Special Animal Systems 179
16. 13. Labile Sexuality (Sex Choice) in Plants 202
17. 14. Basic Discrete Generation Theory for Hermaphroditism 219
18. 15. Hermaphroditism in Animals 238
19. 16. Sex Types in Higher Plants 253
20. 17. Two Plant Sex Types: Heterostyly and Dioecy 269
21. CONCLUSION: Thoughts for the Future 284
22. Appendix: Population Genetics of Sex Ratio 290
23. Literature Cited 299
24. Taxonomic Index (Genera) 345
25. Author Index 347
26. Subject Index 353